When we think of bollywood, we think of all the beautiful faces......that we have had the privledge of watching on screen, esp of the BLACK and WHITE era.....when we had the classic and the most ethereal beauties rUling the roost.BOLLYWOOD is synonymous with beauty and glamour.....so starting with the GOLDEN ERA, till now......i have seen many beautiful faces.....which have remained in my memory for the way they looked on-screen or the way they carried themselves.So these are few of the fabulous faces of BOLLYWOOD that I love...
MADHUBALA
’’Tareef karo kya uski
Jisne tumhe banaya’’......
If there ever was a beautiful actress to grace the INDIAN SCREEN.....it’ld have to be MADHUBALA.What a stunning face she had....she could look beautiful and sensuous at the same time, she was the one actress who could sizzle on screen even when fully clothed and she could carry off any look or dress with aplomb.And her smile was to kill for....She was rightly clled the ’’VENUS OF THE INDIAN SCREEN’’.......and combined with her good looks she had the right amount of sex-appeal to remain in our memories for long.I cannot forget the way she looked in the songs....Aiyye Meharbaan from Howrah Bridge and Mohe Panghat from Moughle Azam, both contrasting looks and attire.....but in both she looks unbeleivably good.
WAHEEDA RAHMAN
’’Chaudvin ka chaand ho, ya aftaab ho
Jo bhi ho tum khuda ki kasam, lazawab ho’’....
This.....is the perfect song to describe this classic INDIN BEAUTY.She had the most perfect face and sharp features combined with her charm and innocence.I really loved her face.....she was alluring, and the amount of grace and sophistication that she brought to her roles, nobody else could.That she was a great actress and dancer was a bonus.....she looked really beautiful in films like KALA BAZZAR, GUIDE, CHAUDVIN KA CHAAND, PYAASA and SAHIB BIBI AUR GHULAM.But the song where I thought she looked absolutely sensational was ’’JAANA KYA TUNE KAHI’’.....from Pyassa.She was the epitome of beauty there.
LEELA NAIDU
Well this woman had the most stunning looks.....i happened to see one of her films ANURADHA, and thought to myself as to why isn’t she as popular or talked about for her looks, as her contemporaries.Her radiantly chiselled face and luminous eyes could set the indian screen on fire.....but what probably did not work in her favour was that she could not act to save her life or properly speak hindi.VOUGE rated her as one of the most beautiul woman in the world....and rightly so, she was an eternal beauty.For those who have not seen her check out films like......YEH RAASTA HAI PYAR KE, THE HOUSE HOLDER and ANURADHA....and u won’t be dissapointed by her looks, for sure.
AISHWARYA RAI
’’Taube taube ye jalwa, kaise na koi behake,
Poore hi badan mein jaise roshni bhari hai,
To hai koi noor ya koi paari hai’’.....
This song from JEANS describes the formar MISS WORLD and now the successful BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS AISHWARYA RAi.....VERY WELL.Amongst the new actresses no one even comes close to this stunning beauty....Aishwarya to me defines beauty.....her standard of beauty is unattainable.Though I hate her as an actress I cannot deny the fact that she is breathtakingly beautiful.....ASH will always be remmbered fo her looks, however hard she may try to act coz it is impossible to look beyond her looks.She looked stunning in HUM DIL DE CHKE SANAM, DEVDAS, JOSH, IRUVAR......
On the fifth spot I have kept actreses who are beautiful but did not look good consistently.....
SADHNA.......i found her very pretty, graceful.....and she had lotsa style as compared to other actresses of those days.I loved her look in HUM DONO, ASLI NAQLI, LOVE IN SHIMLA.
REKHA......i do not like her as such but i’ld like to remember Rekha for her look in UMRAO JAAN and SILSILA......she did look stunning in these films.
PARVEEN BABI, TINA MUNIM, MUMTAZ.....were some of the hot chicks of the 70’s\80’s, who never fail to impress me with their sensational looks.
MANISHA KOIRALA....she is one of the other new actress I found very beautiful.Forget about how she looks now.....but in films like BOMBAY, 1942-A LOVE STORY.....i just could not take my eyes of her.She looked ravishing....
So these are few of the faces of BOLLYWOOD I love, as it is said’’BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER’’......these are some of the actresses I find beautiful when I look at them.